Re: Unkillable gdb process gets system unusably slow

2007-11-23 Thread Duane Griffin
On 23/11/2007, Timo Sirainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fully reproducible with me. v2.6.23.1 x86-64 SMP kernel, Core 2 CPU, gdb > v6.6.90.20070912-debian. Fixed in 2.6.23.2, see discussion starting here: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=119379156819358&w=2 > gdb ./hang > run > fr 1 > p (char

Unkillable gdb process gets system unusably slow

2007-11-22 Thread Timo Sirainen
Fully reproducible with me. v2.6.23.1 x86-64 SMP kernel, Core 2 CPU, gdb v6.6.90.20070912-debian. gdb ./hang run fr 1 p (char*)base p command hangs and the entire system becomes unusably slow. kill -9 doesn't kill gdb. /* gcc hang.c -o hang -g -Wall */ #include #include #include #include #in